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Entries Tagged as 'Trojans'

A Little about the Trojan Horse

June 29th, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome back to all our readers. In this week’s exciting and fun-filled edition of The Weekly Geek we are going to continue on the adventure of a lifetime where we search out new life, explore new civilizations and discover the malicious side of the internet and how to protect your computer from the evils of [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Trojans

Worms: Prevented, not fried thank you.

January 19th, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome back to all our readers. In this weeks exciting and fun-filled edition of The Weekly Geek we are going to continue on our quest to find out more about the malicious side of the internet and how to protect your computer.
This week we are going to delve into “worms”. No, not night crawlers, that [...]

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Tags: Internet · Malware · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms

Slecting a firewall for your computer

March 11th, 2005 · Comments Off

Howdy and welcome back to another fun and exciting edition of The Weekly Geek!
In this article I want to go over how I select firewalls for use in protecting my and my customer’s networks and computers.
Gathering the data: How I find out about products.
Just like with Anti-virus products, my list begins with…

Magazines test of different [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Software · Trojans

Choosing an Anti-Virus program

January 14th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Howdy and welcome to one and all to The Weekly Geek!
In this fun filled edition, I want to cover a question that I frequently receive. “How do you choose which security products to use and recommend?” Well the answer is not simple. In this edition we will go over how I pick, choose and then [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Software · Trojans · Virus

Outlook Express Preview Pane

May 25th, 2004 · Comments Off

Welcome back to another exciting and fun filled edition of The Weekly Geek!
Over the next few weeks we are going to go over the basics of securing Microsoft Outlook Express to help reduce the chance of catching a virus, worm or other nasty thing.
In all versions of Outlook Express (OE) comes with the Preview Pane [...]

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Tags: E-Mail Issues · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms